The Voice - Match preview #42: Bradford City vs Stevenage Saturday 11th April 2026 3:00pm

You had to didn't you....

 

Definitely having a quid on first goal being a penalty tomorrow, after reading that

 

Maybe not good but bl00dy awkward. Prepare for long balls hoofs, them turning our defence and pushing for us to concede throw-ins and corners and just relentless punts up the field.

I would love us to be a couple up at half time because they have no plan B but if we go behind it will be an absolute nightmare as they'll just $hithouse their way through the match.

 

I don't think it's a game for him TBH.

What will happen is - they will punt the ball over our back line and rush up to take the space in the hope that we kick it out for a throw-in, so they can get the long throw in, or a corner. We'll have no space to pass the ball so will have to kick it back up the pitch and the ball will spend a long time in the air. Baldwin's cross-field balls will be critical to finding space. We need someone prepared to run in behind and onto through balls to try and stretch the game which Humphrys doesn't naturally do.

 

Thats why i dont want them bad enough losing to the twats at Lego land in the league without them beating us in the playoffs ...........

 

Bang on post we all know whats incoming tommorow its gonna be a battle with plenty of shithousery thrown in ............still no doubt you will have the loons dissapointed that they aint seen a great amazing passing game

 

That’s f**************d it now!

 

Right on the money for me Rod

 

Got a silly feeling that we will batter them

 

I'll take what ever is on offer, scruffy OG or a 3 - 0 win, the 3 points are the be all and end all for me tomorrow, if we win come 5pm we will possibly know what's required for 3rd place.

 

Remarkable to think of the City starting 11 in the Stevenage reverse fixture in October, only 3 and max 4 (Walker, Power, Metcalf and poss Touray) will start for us today. SEVEN of the 18 left in Jan plus Lapslie and Kelly not featured at all. Only T Wright is unavailable due to injury

 

And how many said we haven’t improved the squad ?

 

Yep, it will be a very different looking lineup today but with Wright injured, I don't think there's any doubt Touray will be starting today.

 

The flipside is Exeter may need the win to stay up so GA may feel he has a duty to play a strong side to keep everyone honest.

 

We haven't though really have we? White, Sibley, Mullin and Wheatley are no better than Richards, Pattison, Kav and Cook, Evans has deputised when needed but I wouldn't say he's improved us, and although Ashby had a decent game last Saturday, it remains to be seen whether that was a one off or if he's actually an improvement on the ever reliable Halliday. The only player that really offers us something different to what we had and you can say is an improvement is Jackson and unfortunately, we've seen very little of him due to injury.

 

True, but if the players in that strong side don't want to risk missing out on the playoffs by picking up an injury, they aren't going to be putting in 100% effort so a stronger side on paper might actually be an advantage to Exeter.

 

Yeh could happen. There are still a few shirts up for grabs but probably not enough.

Touray/Wright, Ashby/Neufville, Hump/Jackson. Rest picks itself really.

For me I would be resting Power (yellow cards), Baldwin for J Wright and then Bobby and Sarcevic for whoever. Maybe Metcalfe too.

 

How many of those that have moved on are 100% getting game time in L2 ?

 

Irrelevant to the point.

 

I thought it might be